BACKGROUND In the postprandial state, insulin regulates metabolic and cardiovascular responses. In insulin resistance, the insulin action is impaired at both levels. However, postprandial hemodynamic responses are poorly characterized in this setting. OBJECTIVE We investigated fasting and postprandial cardiac and vascular hemodynamic responses in subjects with and without insulin resistance. ...

Delayed facilitation of norepinephrine release through the action of epinephrine (NE) at presynaptic beta-adrenoceptors has been postulated to account for the delayed hemodynamic effects of epinephrine and to be a mechanism causally related to the development of hypertension. To determine whether a short-term increase in epinephrine concentrations resulted in subsequent facilitation of sympathe...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of the present study was to examine the safety of epinephrine-containing local anesthesia for use on patients with cardiovascular disease. STUDY DESIGN Twenty-seven patients with cardiovascular disease were studied. The cardiac functional capacity of 9 patients was New York Heart Association class I; 11, class II; and 7, class III. Hemodynamic responses to intraoral inje...

We have demonstrated the feasibility of imaging mouse brain metabolism using photoacoustic computed tomography (PACT), a fast, noninvasive and functional imaging modality with optical contrast and acoustic resolution. Brain responses to forepaw stimulations were imaged transdermally and transcranially. 2-NBDG, which diffuses well across the blood-brain-barrier, provided exogenous contrast for p...

introduction: hemodynamic alterations are a common complication during anesthetic induction with intravenous anesthesia. hypotension due to propofol injection may be very severe in cardiac vascular patient. ketamine produces the significant increasing but temporary in systematic blood stream, heartbeat, cardiac output through central sympathetic stimulation. objective : to determine effect of k...

objectives this study evaluates the effects of oral tizanidine on hemodynamic responses during operations and aims to determine the appropriate propofol dosage to maintain anesthesia under bis monitoring. materials and methods a double-blind clinical trial has been performed on 70 candidates for elective abdominal surgery undergoing general anesthesia in educational hospital of ghaem, mashhad, ...

Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) is an increasingly common technique used to selectively modify neural processing. However, application of TMS is limited by uncertainty concerning its physiological effects. We applied TMS to the cat visual cortex and evaluated the neural and hemodynamic consequences. Short TMS pulse trains elicited initial activation (approximately 1 minute) and prolonge...

Prefrontal (PFC) cerebral vasoreactivity may be altered in hypertension but has not been studied during postural change and carbon dioxide (CO2) rebreathing. In this study, a dual procedure of 5% CO2 rebreathing with positional change (standing to supine and reverse) was performed on normotensive (N = 24) and essential hypertensive males (N = 16) (18-55 years) to assess reliability of PFC respo...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the functional and hemodynamic responses during exercise and its recovery in patients with subclinical hyperthyroidism (SCH). SUBJECTS AND METHODS A cross-sectional study was carried out with 29 patients on TSH-suppressive therapy with levothyroxine for thyroid carcinoma and 35 euthyroid subjects. All volunteers underwent a cardiopulmonary exercise testing on a treadmill...

Near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) and electroencephalography (EEG) have recently provided fundamental new information about how the newborn brain processes innocuous and noxious somatosensory information. However, results derived independently from these two techniques are not entirely consistent, raising questions about the relationship between hemodynamic and electrophysiological responses in...